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Is Saint Mary's College worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for Saint Mary's, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Stretch
Saint Mary's sits in the stretch band for a typical family. The long-run earnings picture at $59,354 helps, but median debt of $27,000 plus yearly net price of $25,292 creates a tighter path. For context, Saint Mary's's net price runs about 33% above the typical 4-year, private nonprofit school. It can work, but the financing plan has to be deliberate.
Is the price fair?
Compared to 1237 similar 4-year, private nonprofit schools
This school
$30,389
/yrAverage school like this
$22,837
/yrThis weighs on your Worth-It Score
You'd pay about $7,552 more per year than the typical student at a similar school. Over 4 years that's roughly $30,000 in extra cost.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price is manageable, but it makes the aid offer matter a lot.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$25,292
Median earnings 10 years out
$59,354
Median debt at graduation
$27,000
Graduation rate
73%
At Saint Mary's, a typical graduate carries about $27,000 in student debt and earns roughly $59,354 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $307 per month, or 6% of pre-tax income. That sits inside a borrower comfort range for many graduates.
What this means for your family
Saint Mary's is a private nonprofit four year school in Notre Dame, IN. Private pricing can swing more dramatically based on aid, so your personalized score matters more here than the national average view alone.
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Common questions about Saint Mary's
The median net price at Saint Mary's is $25,292 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
Get your personalized Worth-It score
National averages are a starting point. Plug in your actual aid offer, intended major, and family situation to get a score that reflects your specific picture.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →